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Treating psychological or emotional problems isn’t a new endeavor. As far back as the ancient Greeks, people were identifying mental illness as a disorder and attempting to treat it. Although the methods they used were often bizarre by todaysí standards, consoling and encouraging words were also used and continue to be today. Therapy is the …

In Massachusetts, the number of children being raised by relatives climbed by 50% from 2010 to 2015 due to reasons associated with addiction. At present, there are over 120,000 grandparents in the state responsible for raising grandchildren under the age of 18 — a statistic many are blaming partly on the country’s opioid epidemic. But …

New England authorities, health workers, and staff from Massachusetts drug rehab centers are taking steps to warn local communities about the dangers of a new synthetic opioid called carfentanil. The deadly drug is believed to have recently caused 175 opioid overdoses over a period of six days in Hamilton County, Ohio, and is making its …

Massachusetts recently rolled out a new prescription monitoring program intended to prevent individuals from obtaining multiple prescriptions for opioid painkillers. The new program, called the Massachusetts Prescription Awareness Tool or MassPat for short, was developed with hopes of improving the state’s opioid abuse crisis. MassPat is the state’s latest effort to prevent opioid addiction, while …

The U.S. Health and Human Services Department recently announced that several health centers in Massachusetts that treat opioid addiction will share $6.8 million in grants to expand their treatment and recovery services. This funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration is part of $94 million for 271 health centers nationwide, and will greatly benefit …

Women who can have their children with them in drug rehab are more likely to stick with treatment than those who don’t, according to the National Institutes of Health. Yet, less than 14% of all residential rehab centers across the U.S. have enough resources to accommodate moms and their children. Fortunately, drug rehab centers in …